Complexity analysis of assembly supply chain configurations

2008 Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 501-510

  Wang, Hui ^a   Zhu, Xiaowei ^a   Hu, S Jack ^a   Koren, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY CONSTRAINTS; COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS; COMPLEXITY MEASURES; INFORMATION ENTROPY; MAKING DECISION; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MODULAR ASSEMBLY; OPTIMAL SUPPLY CHAIN; PRODUCT VARIETY; SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY; SUPPLY CHAIN CONFIGURATION;

ASSEMBLY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 70349085448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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